Darlington Memorial Hospital, Hollyhurst Road, Darlington, DL3 6HX Contract Title: Provision of External Audit via CCS framework RM6188 Audit & Assurance Services Framework Lot 2 External audit

Official notice

Authority: COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North East (UKC)

Awarded value£319,020published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 8 Apr 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Deloitte

What is being bought

Published requirement description

County Durham and Darlington NHSFT has a requirement for the provision of an external auditing service, in accordance with the Code of Audit Practice issued by the National Audit Office and applicable auditing standards

CPV: Auditing services · Statutory audit services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: North East

79212000 Auditing services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 4 Aug 2025, 14:32 BST
Last source update: 4 Aug 2025, 14:32 BST
Authority reference: SP1888
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-045675
Classification (CPV): Auditing servicesStatutory audit services
Delivery area: North East (UKC)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-056c5c Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: The most appropriate procurement process to meet the requirement was an above threshold open procedure, which was advertised as an opportunity in 2024. There was no response so decision was made to direct award to Deloitte as they expressed interest do the audit. Therefore CCS framework RM6188 Audit & Assurance Services Framework Lot 2 External audit was utilised to Direct award Deloitte.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £319,0201 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 8 Apr 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Deloitte	£319,020 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 045675-2025-1 · Deloitte
Signed
8 Apr 2025
Value
£319,020
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentHealthcareHealth GB-COH: 220993214 Hollyhurst Road, Darlington, North East, DL36HXContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

The High Court of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Deloitte LLPAwarded supplierGB-COH: OC303675 Newcastle, North East

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.